Manage Scaling Groups

Define a scaling group

Trigger autoscaling

How the platform scales VMs

Perform maintenance on a scaling group

Move a scaling group to another virtual appliance in the same virtual datacenter

Restrict a scaling group

To restrict a scaling group, move the scaling group to a restricted virtual appliance, by selecting the Restrict virtual appliance checkbox, or by selecting a restricted virtual appliance.

Delete a scaling group

When you delete a scaling group, the platform will place all the VMs in the virtual appliance as regular VMs and the scaling group constraints will no longer exist. To delete a scaling group, first put it into maintenance mode, then click the delete button.

Manage scaling groups with the API